100 primary schools in the DEIS Urban band 1 received letters from the NCTE inviting them to apply for dormant accounts funding to assist them achieve digital schools status. The invited schools have to complete the self evaluation on the Digital Schools website, submit their school ICT plan and complete the application form with details […]
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If you are new to ICT or feel you need a refresher, you should try an online course onALISON. Based in Galway, ALISON provides high-quality, easy to follow interactive multimedia courses. All courses on ALISON are accessible for free to individual learners. All you need to do is register yourself by choosing your own name
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The Budget brought many unseen cutbacks to our schools which have left me stunned. How a Minister for Education can allow Ireland to slip to last in Europe on the issue of class size defies belief. When Ireland was one of the wealthiest nations on the planet we should have been investing in education to
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The arrival of an Interactive White Board (IWB) presents a number of interesting challenges as well as the need to re-examine your teaching methodologies. It will take a substantial amount of time for a teacher to develop his/her own bank of educational resources. After the initial settling in period and getting over the fun of
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